Local elections 2021: Everything you need to know
Elections will be held across England, Scotland and Wales on May 6. The housing crisis meant Issac was forced to travel from Birmingham to Manchester for school. Image credit: Piqsels
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Local elections 2021: Everything you need to know

What is a police and crime commissioner and when are the elections?
Police and crime commissioners scrutinise local policing Image credit: West Midlands Police / Flickr
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What is a police and crime commissioner and when are the elections?

Marcus Rashford sends message of support to Big Issue vendors
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Marcus Rashford sends message of support to Big Issue vendors

Matt Hancock ‘breached ministerial code’ says Labour
Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has been accused of breaching the ministerial code. Image credit: Number 10 / Flickr
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Matt Hancock ‘breached ministerial code’ says Labour

A year into the pandemic, pay equality is still going in the wrong direction
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A year into the pandemic, pay equality is still going in the wrong direction

Join the Big Issue to help solve the Covid jobs crisis
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Join the Big Issue to help solve the Covid jobs crisis

More than a third of workers given less than a week’s notice of their hours
People who did shift work, such as hospitality workers, were most likely to get short notice of their hours
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More than a third of workers given less than a week’s notice of their hours

Why local council elections are so important
local council elections
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Why local council elections are so important

Big Issue vendor Jade wants to get back on her pitch and start her transition
Despite her fear that people who are transphobic might read her story, Big Issue vendor Jade wants other people to know they are not alone.
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Big Issue vendor Jade wants to get back on her pitch and start her transition

‘He’s a cool guy’: Stormzy greets Big Issue vendor in London on his return
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‘He’s a cool guy’: Stormzy greets Big Issue vendor in London on his return

Household debt ‘kicked down the road’ by Covid support, warns charity
Two people look at bills and use a calculator as they struggle with debt
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Household debt ‘kicked down the road’ by Covid support, warns charity

How Britain's battered high street is affecting Big Issue sellers
Big Issue vendors worry what the future of the high street means for them as they return this week. Image credit: Adrian S Pye / Geograph
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How Britain's battered high street is affecting Big Issue sellers

‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty
Only 60 UK businesses reported their food waste figures publicly in 2020.
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‘System in crisis’ as ministers fail to fight food waste and poverty

British Gas engineers face mass sacking in fire and rehire row
fire and rehire British Gas strike
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British Gas engineers face mass sacking in fire and rehire row

Vagrancy Act to be scrapped ‘at a pace’, says minister
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Vagrancy Act to be scrapped ‘at a pace’, says minister

Town criers, tears and Stormzy: Big Issue vendors on their return
Will Herbert, 61, gets back to his Budgens Upper Street pitch in London.
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Town criers, tears and Stormzy: Big Issue vendors on their return

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Here's how The Big Issue has supported vendors as they return on April 12
Vendors of The Big Issue mark the return of the magazine being sold, by meeting at St Martins in the Fields on Trafalgar Square, where the first-ever edition of the magazine was officially launched nearly 30 years ago. Image credit: David Parry/PA Wire
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Here's how The Big Issue has supported vendors as they return on April 12

What happens next following Prince Philip’s death?
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What happens next following Prince Philip’s death?

Stuart Lawrence: ‘I wouldn’t want to be a police officer'
Stuart Lawrence
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Stuart Lawrence: ‘I wouldn’t want to be a police officer'

Big Issue vendor Clive: 'I’ve missed the positivity from my customers'
Theatre Royal Plymouth vendor Clive
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Big Issue vendor Clive: 'I’ve missed the positivity from my customers'